Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-40333

HighPublic PoC

Published: 10 July 2024

Published
10 July 2024
Modified
15 April 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0044 63.4th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-40333 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Idccms Idccms. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 36.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

idccms v1.35 was discovered to contain a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability via /admin/softBak_deal.php?mudi=del&dataID=2

CWE(s)
CWE-79

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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T1490 Inhibit System Recovery Impact
Adversaries may delete or remove built-in data and turn off services designed to aid in the recovery of a corrupted system to prevent recovery.
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Why these techniques?

CSRF vulnerability in public-facing CMS admin panel (/admin/softBak_deal.php?mudi=del) enables exploitation of public-facing application (T1190) to trick authenticated admins into deleting backups, inhibiting system recovery (T1490).

Affected Assets

idccms
idccms
1.35

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-79

Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-79

Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.

SI-15 Information Output Filtering
addresses: CWE-79

Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.

References